MJ, we kept getting guys on, but we couldn’t get the big hit. Robertson made good pitches when he was in a jam. He also neutralized Abreu (who looked lost against him) and A-Rod didn’t do much against him, either.

I thought it was interesting that Proctor was warming in the seventh/eighth and not Farnsworth. Either Joe is saving Farns for the night game when Wright will probably only go five (knowing that Proctor can pitch again tonight), or Farns took a huge step back by being unable to find the plate in Cali. It almost seems absurd, but that’s our Joe.

I’m also glad Wilson — newly mustachioed — got that home run. You kind of felt like he was one more strikeout away from losing his job to Aaron Guiel. That, too, sounds absurd, but that’s our Joe.

I just checked the boxscore and saw that Proctor got one out on just one pitch. That means that both he and the Farns are available for tonight’s game. I’m actually thinking that Joe figured it better to save Farns for tonight when more of the bullpen will be taxed with Wright on the mound. In that way, I don’t think it means anything bad for Farns.

As for Wilson/Guiel, Wilson’s been scuffling a bit. It’s nice to see him finally get an RBI. I think it had been 2 weeks since his last one.

Bottom line, a win is a win. We’re shaving our magic number and that’s all that matters.

Bringing in Proctor at that time rather than Farnsworth (assuming he didn’t want to use Rivera for more than 1 inning)has been what Torre’s been doing for a while since he prefers not bringing in Farnsworth once an inning has started.

Wang was very strong until the 8th so there was no need to even warm up Farnsworth.